Arena (1975)
Overview
Arena is a British television documentary series, made and broadcast by the BBC. Voted by leading TV executives in Broadcast as one of the top 50 most influential programmes of all time, it has run since 1 October 1975 with over five hundred episodes made, directed by the likes of Martin Scorsese, Alan Yentob, Roly Keating, Frederick Baker, Volker Schlondorff and Vikram Jayanti. Arena's subjects are a roll-call of the world's best known cultural figures from the 20th and 21st centuries, from singers Bob Dylan and Amy Winehouse to academics Edward Said and Eric Hobsbawm, from writers Jean Genet and V S Naipaul to artists Francis Bacon and Louise Bourgeois. The current series editor is Anthony Wall.
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Arena Cast
Indira Varma
as Gila
Tony Benn
as Self
James Brown
Gail Porter
Irvine Welsh
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Katie Puckrik
David Baddiel
Harold Wilson
Francis Ford Coppola
as Self
Martin Scorsese
as Self
Tim Curry
as Eden Rothwell Esp.
Nicholas Lyndhurst
as Dennis
Arena: Quick Answers
Where can I watch Arena?
Arena is not on streaming services in the US yet.
When was Arena first aired?
Arena came out on October 1, 1975.
Is Arena worth watching?
Arena holds a 7.2/10 average from 9 TMDB user ratings. Viewers generally enjoy it, especially fans of the genre.
